The Adoption Diaries

In this episode, Mr & Mrs M share how it has been to settle into life as a family of 3. This includes: 

• Contact arrangements with birth parents and the intricacies that come with that. 
• Mr M goes back to work
• Appointments, meetings and admin for EP carers 

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In this episode, Mr and Mrs M give an update on how Baby M is settling in which includes: 

• the intricacies of taking Baby M to contact, and having direct contact with Birth Parents
• Mr M's return to work, and the challenges and opportunities that has brought
• Lots of meetings, appointments and paperwork 

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In this episode, Mr and Mrs M share the next part of their adoption journey, including the outcome of the court hearing. Did Baby M arrive home? Listen in and find out! 

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In this episode, Mr and Mrs M share the outcome of the viability assessment and how they have felt over the past month of waiting. 

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In this episode, Mr and Mrs M give the listeners an update on the progress of their adoption journey. Plus they share about a training morning that Mrs M went on about 'Life Story Work'. 

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In this episode, Mr and Mrs M discuss a meeting they had the day after their approval panel when their link with a child became official. 

They also explain what they have been doing to prepare themselves for the imminent arrival of this little child.  

And there's a plot twist...

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In this episode, Mr and Mrs M share their experience of Approval Panel: how they prepared, who was there, what they asked and how it felt. 

They also reveal the outcome! 

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In this episode, Mr and Mrs M share about an exciting phone call with their social worker, and the very rapid sequence of meetings they will be having after their approval panel. 

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In this episode, Mr and Mrs M reflect back over Stage 2 of the adoption process and discuss what they would recommend for other prospective adopters and their supporters. 

You'll also get to hear some exciting news! 

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In this episode of 'The Adoption Diaries', Mr and Mrs M share their experience of the infamous and very long 'Matching Meeting', the last of their home visits with their social worker. 

They also share about a Network Event, a sibling pair that stole their hearts, and the beginning stages of their Family Finding process. 

Books (both available on Kindle) mentioned are: 

• Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: Parenting a child with an invisible disability - Mary Mather, Julia Brown, Liz O'Donnell
• Therapeutic Parenting in a Nutshell: Positives and Pitfalls - Sarah Naish

And the COECT course which Mr M mentions is: 

• The Essential Tools of Therapeutic Parenting - sign up here on the NATP website. 

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